Golf tee



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UNITED STATES WARREN E. lyIcLEOD, OF BOULDER, COLORADO com' TEE Application led October 17, 1928. Seria-1 No. 313,047.

This invention relates to a novel form of golf tee or golf tee unit which may be used singly or which may be, together with other tees of like structure, pyramided to obtain tees of varying heights.

It frequently occurs that the character of the course makes it desirable to position the golfI ball for teeing off at a greater elevation than that afforded by a single tee or tee section. Furthermore, there is no uniformity in the height of tees employed by different players, each player having his own idea as to the proper height oftee suited to his particular stroke.

Sectional golf tees have heretofore been employed to give vdifferent elevations for the golf ball. In most instances such tees have,

however, been of the re-useable or perma-l nent variety, all of the sections of the tee being interconnected but so arranged that anydesired number of sectionsA could be employed.

It is an object ofthe present "invention to provide a golf tee section which is entirely independent of other sections and capable-of use alone as a complete tee but of such struc-.

, ture that it canbe intermeshed with a like tee section to permit pyramiding of two or more tee sections.

It is also an object of the invention to so construct the tee sections that when they are intermeshed in one manner, the total height of the resulting pyramided tee formed' from `two tee-sectionswill be greater than when vthe same two tee sections are-intermeshed inv a different manner, whereby at least two dif- `ferent heights may be obtained by pyramiding two tee sections.v

It is a further object of the invention to provide a .single reversible tee Section which, when .in one position, will hold a golf ball at a greater elevation than when in the reverse position. v

A still further object is to provide a golf tee having serrated ends whereby the tee will be self-anchoring when placed on the teeing ground, the serrations ,also functioning to interlock the tee with a similar tee when pyramiding is desired.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the drawings `forming a part of this specification, in' which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a. preferred form of golf tee section;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the tee shown in Figure' 1v with one end of the tee presented for receiving a golf ball;

Fig. 3 is a View similar to that in Figure 2, showing the opposite end of the ltee presented for receiving the golf ball;

Fig. 4 is a view showlng two tee sections intermeshed in one manner; l

Fig. 5 shows two tee sections intermeshed in a'second manner;

Fig. 6 shows two sectionsintermeshe'd in a third manner; f

Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of a modied form of tee section;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the tee section shown in Figure 7 showing one end of the tee presented for receipt of a golf ball;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view similar to Figure 8, showing the opposite end'ofthe tee pref sented for receipt of a golf ball; f

Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing the manner in which the modified form of tee .section shown in Figure 7 may be pyramided.

Referring to Figure 1, the tee section is indicated generally at A, and has the relatively shallow serrations Y at one end and the deep serrations X at the opposite end. It will be noted that the tee is reversible and can be placed in position so that the serrations X will contact with the ball or so that the serrations Y will contact' with the ball. An important feature of the structure of the tee resides in the fact that the teeth 1 of thel serrations X are inclined downwardly from the periphery of th'e tee toward the center of the tee, as more particularly shown in Figure 2. The upper end of a tooth 1 of the Serrations X as indicated b the reference character 8, while the inner ower end is indicated at 4. It will thus be seen that when the serra- .tions X contact with the ball, that the ball is by the inner points of the teeth 2 of the serrations Y since the teeth 2 do not incline downwardly from the periphery of the tee. This will be apparent from an inspection of Figure 3 wherein the face of the lteeth 2 is indi-l cated at 5. Due to the fact that the teeth 1 of the serrations X at one end of the tee are inclined as above described, it will be a preciated that the golf ball is supported y a substantially annular bearingof greater diameter than the diameter of the annular bearing surface presented to the ball'when seated upon the end 'of the tee provided with the serrations Y. Due to the fact that the ball when seated on the end of the tee provided with the serrations X is supported by 'an annular bearing of greater diameter, it will be appreciated that the ball sets down in the tee to a greater extent than when supported on the end of the tee provided with the serrations Y.

When it is desired to procure a greater height of tee than that 'of a single tee section, two ormore tee sections may be intermeshed. to secure the desired height. The structure of the tee section shown in Figure l is such that when combined with another tee section of like form, the two tee sections may be intermeshed in any one of three positions according to the desire of the player.

In Figure 4 two of the tee sections are shown pyramided with their serrations X intermeshing, while in Figure 5 the two sections are shown pyramided with the serrations Y intermeshed. Since the serrations X are of much greater de th than the serrations Y, it'will at once e appreciated that when two sections are pyramided by intermeshing the deep serrations X, the sections are telescoped together to a greater degree than when pyramided by intermeshing the relatively shallow serrations Y, with the result that when pyramided by intermeshing the deep serrations X, a shorter pyramided tee is secured than when the sections are p ramided by intermeshing the shallow serrations Y.

In some instances a player may desireto have the ball rest lightly upon the tee rather than to be set deeply in the tee. This result is obtained when using a single tee by placing the ball on the end of the tee provided with the serrations Y. When pyramiding the tees, a selection of the Vcharacter of the seating surface provided for the ball may be had by pyramiding two sections as shown in'y for the ball may be provided since by rey versing the pyramided tee,the ball may be seated either upon the serrations Y of one tee section or the serrations Xrof the other tee section. s I 1kv In the use of the tee shown in Figure 1 in any of the ways above described, it will be appreciated that a serrated surface is a1- ways presented both to the ground and to the ball, thus providing for the self-anchoring characteristic of thetee due tothe fact that the serrations enetrate into the soil and hold the tee in any esired adjusted position. i

In the modified formshownin Figures 7 to 10 the tee section is provided with an an#y s nular bearing surface for receiving the ball at each end of the tee, the annular bearing surface 10 at one end of the tee being smaller than the annular bearing surface 11 at the opposite end of the tee. In this way, the ball seats deeper into the tee when the annular surface l1 of greater diameter is contacting therewith, as shown in Figure 9, than when the annular surface l0 of less diameter is contacting with the ball, as shown in Figure 8. In this regard the modified form is similar to the preferred form shown in Figures 1 to 6.

ly shown in Figure 10. It is, however, not

possible to secure varying heights ofa pyramided tee formed from two tee sections when employing the modified form shown in Figures 7 to 10. y

Golf tees conforming to the invention are preferably formed from plastic clays or earths in such manner as to be disintegrable when struck by'a golf club in play. The invention, however, in its broader aspects is applicable to tees constructed'A from any suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A golf tee unit comprising a hollow cylindrical section having serrated ends, the serrationsat one end of the section varying in depth with respect to the serrations at the opposite end.

2. A reversible golf tee having a substantially annular bearing surface for receiving .a golf ball at each end thereof, the diameter of the bearing surface at'one end of the tee being greater than the diameter of the bearing surface at the opposite end of the tee.

3. A golf tee unit comprising a hollow ended tee section provided with interlocking means at each end thereof selectively engageable by' the ends of a, like tee section.

4. A golf tee unit.. comprising a hollow ended tee section provided with interlocking serrations at each end thereof selectively enl gageahle with the serrations of a like tee section.

5. A golf tee unit comprising a hollow ended tee section provided with interlocking serrations at each end thereof selectively engageaole with the serrations of a like tee section, the serrations at opposite ends of the sections being of dierent depth.

Y WARREN H. MGLEOD. 

